>Do a google search for +halifax +explosion. A ship full of >explosives exploded (several hudred thousand pounds of TNT).
ah, yes - i remember reading about this. seems like a bigger explosion to me, but perhaps because it wasn't on land, maybe it doesn't count on a technicality. that's a shame - it doesn't seem right. the halifax explosion was one of the worst industrial accidents in recorded history - but i believe the one with the most fatilities is the chemical plant leak in india: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster in 1984, a union carbide plant leaked a bunch of pesticide and killed many, many thousands of people. i think it's topical, so if you havent already checked out my crappy homepage quiz about work-related deaths, now may be a good time: http://jcoates.org/quiz-2.php woohoo! Josh Coates www.jcoates.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Dusbabek Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OT] News in the valley... On 8/10/05, Josh Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Truck was carrying 58,000 lbs of explosives. Crater is 60ft wide by > >10 ft > deep. > > remember the beirut attack on us marines in 1983? > > could this be a new record for the largest non-nuclear explosion? > probably not, but then again, iirc, the beruit explosion was 400lbs of > C4 (or chech > semtex) and it was estimated to be equiv of 15K-21K of tnt (see > below.) Do a google search for +halifax +explosion. A ship full of explosives exploded (several hudred thousand pounds of TNT). Reports were that windows shattered 50 miles away. And this was in 1917. http://www.halifax.ca/community/explode.html Gary. .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------' .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
